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I haven't been doing nothing you know

I’ve been training away, doing 2 sessions some days and trying to get back into the swing of things in preperation for a fight in August. The worst thing about doing this is not sleeping as much as I used to. The curse of being a parent to a small baby is that 6 hours … Continue reading

I just got internet blasted…

var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); try {var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-9607652-1”);pageTracker._trackPageview();} catch(err) {} Well, if you’ve met me, you’ll know that everything this guy has said is true. The therapy isn’t working that much is clear. Where to next for Barry? TheEntrepreneur vbmenu_register(“postmenu_60957975”, true); Registered … Continue reading

What are you?

Someone once said something about having loads of excuses and not… eh… doing anything about things… I think it was Abraham Jefferson. Or Ghandi. I was going to start this post with some sort of insprirational quote from some bloke who once did something great, but how hackneyed would that be? The reason for this … Continue reading

Some of your new gym

Here’s some photos of the almost completed MMA, BJJ and Muay Thai areas in Informed Performance. A view of the grappling area from behing the cage wall. The new grappling area with the new matting laid and completed and the cage 100% done. Another view from the opposite side of the grappling area. The downstairs … Continue reading

Living the dream

Today was Saturday, which to some is their first day off of the week but usually to me is just another day. I tend to teach a lot of my private classes on Saturdays although for the last couple of months I’ve been saying no to people on account of the move to the new … Continue reading

You might enjoy this, they didn't though

I’m currently beavering away preparing Informed Performance for the grand opening, which we project will be done 100% by the end of July. So my days are mostly spent painting, waiting on deliveries, organising work and answering the many enquiries we’ve had so far. Also, while this has been going on, I’ve been teaching classes … Continue reading

Ethical eating, or at least, my version of it

If you’re reading this, you’re probably interested in some way in your fitness, a massive part of which is your diet. Now the pendulum has swung, correctly in my opinion, towards high protein, low carb diets of the type advocated by Atkins et al. Pretty much every nutritionist of note advocates either a zero carb … Continue reading

We have moved!

It seems like we’ve been talking about it for so long that it would never actually happen, but I got some keys last week and we packed up KO Martial Arts, put the name in the attic and moved everything to Informed Performance Gym. For those of you interested we’re now atUnit 5, Tolka Business … Continue reading

I think that went well

I know this blog is usually about my opinion on training, the weather, the latest fashions in footwear and so forth, but I thought a bit of straight reportage was in order for our fights last night. The show was the first in Rush, Paul Cowzer the coach out there was decent to us in … Continue reading

Luck is for people who don't train hard enough!

That being said, I just want to say good luck to Grant, Glen and Amanda this coming Saturday night. Amanda weighed in this morning at 56.1kgs and is in great shape absolutely ripped. You don’t see many women walking around with visible abs so it’s a testament to her hard work, dedication and iron will. … Continue reading